RE: Randomizing lines in a file: problems with hashes

2001-12-19 Thread KEVIN ZEMBOWER
Thank you, David, for giving me a fish, and Bob, for teaching me to fish. It works like a charm. Thanks, again. -Kevin Zembower >>> Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/19/01 11:21AM >>> > -Original Message- > From: KEVIN ZEMBOWER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December

RE: Randomizing lines in a file: problems with hashes

2001-12-19 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: KEVIN ZEMBOWER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 11:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Randomizing lines in a file: problems with hashes > > > I need to take a file of alphabetized lines (one line per record) and > randomiz

Re: Randomizing lines in a file: problems with hashes

2001-12-19 Thread David Shrewsbury
Change %randomarray = ($key => $_); to $randomarray{$key} = $_; -David On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 11:05, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote: > I need to take a file of alphabetized lines (one line per record) and > randomize it. I thought one way of doing this was to read in the file, > one line at a tim